Thumbprint Drawings

  I found this book at a garage sale this spring for 25 cents.  I thought it would be perfect for Brady those of us who are not very good at drawing!  The book shows you step by step how to make simple drawings using your thumbprint.  We finally got the book out yesterday and gave it a try. 

After we were done with our drawings, Brady asked if he could get the paint out and paint a picture.

It's so cute how he almost always draws the same picture every time.  Although in this picture it looks like it's a WINDY day! :)

See what I mean?  Not everyone can be artistically talented!

I found a newer version of the thumbprint book HERE.

~Kerri

We Have The Worst Track Record

I like this shade of green...I just can't seem to get it right.

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I like this green too.

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My husband and I absolutely STINK at choosing paint colors!

Why does it have to be so hard?

Two coats of paint on 1/2 the kitchen and the color is all wrong.

12 cans of paint samples and we still don't have a color.

So much time and money wasted.

I just want my kitchen back in order.

I guess it's back to the drawing board.

~Kerri



Decisions Decisions....

We're having our kitchen painted on Tuesday.  The only problem...we haven't quite made a decision on the color.  We're so indecisive.  We really would like to warm things up a bit with some color.  One time when our neighbor man stopped over, he said, " your house is so stark."   Nice.  Did he mean white and hospital like?  When I look at magazines with beautiful kitchens, I am always drawn to light and bright and white ones. Those kitchens looks so fresh and clean.  I love the pops of color against the white.  However,  our kitchen cupboards are that 90's grainish oaky color.  I would love new ones...but we just can't justify getting rid of them beacuse they are in really great shape.  Plus, we don't have the money to replace them.  We'd like to get new appliances, a new countertop and new floor.  So, the cupboards will have to stay the way they are for now. 

Here are the paint samples we have in the kitchen right now:





I can't believe how nervous and anxious I am about having the kitchen painted.

I mean, it's just paint.  But, will I have a hard time finding fabric for curtains?

What pictures will go with this green?  What color should the frames be?

I can't put my old rooster pictures back up on the wall...remember, I'm

trying to get away from that!  I just don't have a knack for decoarting...

I wish I did...but I don't.  If I could have someone come over

and tell me what to do...I would go with that.  Unfortuantely,

those people cost money too!

Any thoughts on my green?

Is it too dark?

Would another color go better with the cupboards?

What color is your kitchen? 

~Kerri